Extension bed-couch.



Nu. 706,!78. Patented Aug. 5, I902. J. HOEY.

EXTENSION BED COUCH.

(Application filed Apr. 28, 1902.}

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NiTn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN I'IOEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

EXTENSION BED-COUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,178, dated August5, 1902.

Application filed April 28, 1902. Serial No. 104,947. (Nomodeld To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HOEY, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Extension Bed-Couches; and I hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a couch composed of hinged foldable sectionswith upholstering so disposed that when folded the apparatus may be usedas a davenport, divan, chair, or.

like structure, and when unfolded and extended it becomes a bed orcouch.

The invention consists of the parts and the constructions, arrangements,and combinations of parts,whicl1 I will hereinafter describe and claim.

Figure 1 shows the device closed and forming a davenport. Fig. 2 is aperspective view showing the relative position of the sections partlyunfolded. Fig. 3 shows it extended so that two sections form the bed.Fig. a shows the device unfolded to form a bed of three sections, thelength of which is at right angles with the length of unfoldment.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, A is a body having the desiredlength and width to form a chair or seat, sofa, davenport,or equivalentstructure. This body may be mounted upon casters, as at 2, to make iteasily movable, and I have hereshown it with a rear extension of thelower portion, as at 8. To the rear upper edge of the body is hinged thepart 4, which is designed to form the back of the chair, davenport, orother structure, and this part may either be made solid or it may beupholstered, as may be desired. In the present case I have shown it as asolid back. The ends of this back are built up outwardly and formsupports to which elastic wire cables 5 are secured, and over thesecables a woven-wire-mattress section, as 6, is attached, and this isfinally covered by an upholstered suitably-constructed mattress,as 7.This portion of the back is normally concealed when the device is inposition to be used as a seat and is only exposed when this back portionhas been folded down about its hinges to rest upon the upper edges ofthe body A.

To the front of the box A are attached hinges 8, which carry a section9, having con siderable depth, and an upholstered surface 10 upon acable and wire-mattress support similar to that previously described asformed at 5, 6, and 7. The box 9 is hinged to theinner front edge of A,and when folded in to the body A its upholstered portion 10 liesadjacent to the bottom of the body A, leaving its then upper part in theform of an open box, of which the upholstery and wire mattress are thebottom. This box serves to contain bedclothing and the like which are tobe disposed of during the'day.

To the outer edge of the front of A are fixed the hinges 11, and thesecarry the portion 12, which forms the seat when the device is in itsnormal position. This part 12 is upholstered, as shown at 13, in amanner similar to that described for the back and the section 9, and ithas arms of any ornamental finish at each end, as at 14:-

When the device is used for a seat, the part 9 is folded into the bodyA, the part 12 closed down over the part 9, with its upholstered surface13 forming the seat, and the arms 14 may be of any desiredornamentation, and when in this position these arms extending up againstthe back 4 serve to retain it in its vertical position. If it is desiredto use the device as a bed having its longest dimension in the samedirection as the length of the sofa or structure from which it isdeveloped, the portion 12 is first opened outwardly, and projections 15,formed upon the rear and highest portion of the arms 14:, rest upon thefloor and serve when thus unfolded as supports for the outer edge. Theinner edge is supported by its hinged connection with the part A, asshown at 11. The part 9 is then unfolded about its hinges and rests uponthe bottom of the unfolded part 12. The back a is then turned down aboutits hinges l7, and its upholstered surface 7 then stands in line withthe upholstered surface 10 of this part 9. The edges of the two areclose together, and by reason of the woodwork of the longer side beingcut away and the stretching of the spiral cables and the wire-mattressmaterial between the ends there will be no hard edges at the j unctionof the upholstery 7 and 10, but all will be equally yielding. The outeredges are in like manner yielding, and the whole forms a comfortable andconvenient couch or bed. When the structure is to be formed into a bedhavingits greatest length at right angles with the length of the seat,as it would be when developed from a chair or similar short seat, thepart 12 has a section 18 hinged to it, as shown at 19, so as to befoldable into the part 12. When thus folded into the part 12, theupholstered surface 20, which is built upon a woven-wire andelastic-cable fabric, lies closely in contact with the upholsteredsurface 13 of the part 12, and this is the condition of the seat portionof the structure when in the form of a seat-that is, the upholstery 13of the part 12 and its wire-supporting fabric rest directly upon theupholstery 20 of the part 18 and its wire-supporting fabric, the lowerone thus reinforcing the upper one and making a very strong and elasticseat. The hinge 19, by which the part 18 is connected with the part 12,is at the rear and inside of the part 12 when the latter is in aposition to form a seat; but when the part 12 has been unfolded, so thatthe lug 15 rests upon the floor, the part 9 still remains folded intothe box 4, and the part 18, which lies within the part 12, having itshinges transferred to the front by the opening and reversal of the part12, may then be opened about its hinges 19, so that it forms anextension outwardly from the seat in the same dimotion in which 12 wasunfolded, and'its upholstered surface which had been previously foldedinto the part 12 is then brought to the top, as plainly shown in Fig. 3.In order to support the front edge of this part of the structure, I haveshown a folding leg, as at 21, slidable and turnable in a slottedbracket 22, which forms no part of my present invention, but isemployed, as is here shown, to illustrate one of many forms of foldinglegs which may be applied at this point. This portion 20 having thusbeen opened, the part 9 is then opened out of the box A, turning aboutits hinges 8, and its outer edge then lies close against the inner edgeof the part 18, forming practically a continuation therewith. Finally,the back portion 4 is turned down about its hinges, and its front edgeclosely meets the edge of the portion 9, the upholstery which hadpreviously been concealed at the back of the part 4 then lying in linewith the upholstery 10 and 20 of the two sections 9 and 18. The bed isthus completed having a length transverse to the seat or body portionand equal in length to the combined widths of the back and the twosections 9 and 18 and a width equal to whatever the length of the seatmay be. This supplemental portion 18 .may form a part of the structurewhere used as a bed in the first or second forms herein described; but,if desired, it may be omitted from the part 9 when only the parts 4 and9 are employed to form a bed, as shown in Fig. 2.

In closing up the device to again form a seat the part 4 is first turnedup into its vertical position, forming the back of the device. The

part 9 is then folded back into the box A, and having its upholsteredsurface on the part which is then the lowest and which practically restson or close to the bottom of the box A this portion serves to receivethe bedclothing. The part 18 is then folded about its hinges 19 into thepart 12 and may be secured in that position by a hook or hooks, as at23, which are adapted to engage with corresponding eyes upon the part12., The part 12 is then finally folded over the part 9 and the bodyportion A, and the device is restored to its condition as a seat. Therear of the arm-sections 14 lying closely against the back 4 serve tohold it in position and prevent it from being tilted forward, and whenthe device is thus closed the space formed beneath the upholsteredportion 20 of the section 18 is coincident with the space formed inthepart 9, thus providing a large accommodation for bedclothing and thelike.

I have here described'the seat portion as having arms and an upholsteredelastic surface; but, if desired, in some forms the seat may be a plainhard surface and the arms 14 may also be omitted. In such a constructionthe supports 15 would be in the form of legs when the seat is openedout, and when closed they would lie closely against the back and supportit in its vertical position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a convertible seat and couch of a body portion, aback hinged to the rear to stand vertically or to be folded downhorizontally upon the body portion, a

section hinged to the front of the body and foldable therein and capableof being unfolded and extended outwardly from the front edge of thebody, and a seat-section also hinged to the front edge of the bodyclosable over the first-named section when folded into the body, saidseat-section forming when unfolded a support for the inner upholsteredsection and having lugs or supports upon its outer edge to rest upon thefloor.

2. The combination in a convertible seat and couch of a hollow bodyportion, a section hinged to the front thereof so as to fold into thebody or to be opened outwardly therefrom and having the side which formsthe bottom when folded in composed of woven wire and cable-supports andan upholstered surface, a seat portion also hinged to the front andcapable of being opened outwardly with its outer edge supported upon thefloor or closed over the first-named section, said seat portion havingits upper surface when closed formed of woven-wire supporting-cables andupholstery, and a back hinged to the rear of the body portion andnormally supported in a vertical position when the seat portion isclosed, said back having its rear portionv upholstered and when the seatand inner section have been opened said back is turned down to rest uponthe body portion Iro with its upholstered back forming a continuation inthe same plane with that of the unfolded inner section.

3. The combination in a convertible seat and couch of a body portionhaving a back hinged to its rear, said back having the rear portionupholstered to form the portion of a couch and turnable about its hingesso that it may rest upon the top of the body portion, a seat portionhinged to the front of the body having its upper surface, when closed,upholstered and arms which serve to support the back in its verticalposition, said arms resting upon the floor and forming a support for theouter edge of the seat when unfolded, a couch-section hinged andfoldable within the seat-section having an upholstered surface whichforms the top when it is opened out from the seat-section and foldablelegs by which its outer edge is supported, and a section hinged to thefront edge of the body portion of the seat foldable therein and havingan upholstered surface, said section being turnable about its hinges toopen outwardly and rest upon the bottom of the inverted. seat-sectionforming a continuation of the previously-opened section and intermediatebetween it and the upholstered surface of the back when the latter hasbeen turned down into a horizontal position.

4.. The combination in a convertible seat and couch of a hollow box orbody portion havingaseat-section hinged to its front adapted to openoutwardly and having arms which support the outer edge when thus opened,said section having an upholstered seat-sun face upon its upper sidewhen in closed position, a second section hinged to the front of thebody portion and foldable therein, said section having the side which islowest when of the seat portion, said back having its rear portionupholstered and foldable to rest upon the body portion after the seatand inner seciion have been turned outwardly whereby the upholsteredsurface of the back and that of the inner folded section are broughtinto the same plane and their meeting contiguous edges forming anessentially continuous elastic couch-surface.

5. The combination in a convertible seat and couch, of a hollow body, ahollow section hinged to the front edge and having one side formed ofelastic wire cables, a Woven-wire fabric, and an upholstered surfacethereon,- said surface forming the bottom of the open section whenfoldedinto the body and the top when opened out, a hollow seat-section,hinged tothe front of the body having a similarly-constructedseat-surface when closed, said section when opened outwardly, forming asupport for the outwardly-opened interior section, and a back sectionhinged to the rear of the body, having its rear surface upholstered andturnable about its hinges after the seat and interior sections have beenopened, so that it lies horizontally and its upholstered rear surfacelies in plane with and contiguous to that of the interior section.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN HOEY.

Witnesses:

S. H. Nounsn, JEssIE O. BRODIE.

